Description
UTAC | Millbrook, Bedford
Viewing: Tues 24th June from 12pm
Auction: Wed 25th June from 9am
Location: Millbrook Proving Ground, Station Lane, Bedford MK45 2JQ
1919 Cadillac Type 57 Sedan
Estimate
£18, 000 - £22, 000
Registration No: BF 8445
Chassis No: 57SS378
MOT: Exempt
Single family owned for the majority of its life while residing in a remote town in Massachusetts
Imported to the United Kingdom by Medici Productions of Pinewood Studios and used in the film Dumbo
£12, 000 interior restoration to correct specification in 2019
Described as excellent overall by vendor
Introduced in 1914 as a replacement for the four-cylinder Model 30, the large, luxurious Type 51 will be remembered as one of the first production cars to be powered by a mass-produced V8 engine - a technological advance that created invaluable kudos for the Cadillac marque. The similar Types 53, 55, 57, 59 and 61 carried the design through to 1923, when it was considerably updated to create the Type V63. The Type 51 and all related versions were powered by a new 90-deg V8 of 5154cc, that featured L-heads and produced some 31bhp. The unit was allied to a three-speed manual transmission. The Type 57 variant was in production between 1917 and 1919 and distinguished itself when chosen to ferry America's military top brass during The Great War.
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